external funding
Summer undergraduate research opportunities are a great way to expand your research skills and gain new experience.
The following databases provide summer fellowship opportunities in a wide range of disciplines throughout the nation--and in some cases--the world:
Haas Center For Public Service
This searchable database contains 525+ fellowships, internships and other established service programs collected from websites and print resources. Opportunities included in the database generally meet the following criteria:
- are public service opportunities
- are designed as summer or one - two year programs for continuing undergraduates, graduating seniors and recent graduates
- offer compensation (room and board and/or stipend)*
National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.cfm
Kaiser Family Foundation Health Policy Fellowships Database
http://www.kaiseredu.org/Fellowships-and-Internships.aspx
Making the Difference Federal Internship Database
http://www.makingthedifference.org/federalinternships/directory
Idealist.org
Below are databases with more discrete, specialized--and in some cases, more localized--summer fellowship opportunities:
Cornell University Careers in Public Service Page
http://www.career.cornell.edu/publicService/internships/links.html
California Public Agencies Employment Database
http://www.calopps.org/search.cfm
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Iowa State University Research Experience Opportunities
http://www.abe.iastate.edu/undergraduate-students/research-experience-opportunities/
CBiRC Center for Biorenewable Chemicals